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I know gaygamer.net allows comments on their blog posts but I have no idea if they're using Word Press or not (my guess is yes though, sheerly based on similarity in layout).

The ever-annoying "CAPTCHA" maybe?

Just a preliminary effort to see what to put up in lieu of the current banner.  I just don't have the same level of confidence in it as you do I guess...

I was thinking about how maybe using different banners for the varying series might be a good idea.  I don't know how minimalist of an approach you're going for though.

The font on the tetragrammaton does have serifs, they're just not as visible since it's so small.  I debated on the placement of it for a while although I must admit I'm not sure how well it jives with the banner.  If anything it kinda covers up some of neater details over in the corner.  Regardless, the only letters that actually *have* serifs in the DIGITAL DEVIL DATABASE font are the Is.

My thoughts were that it makes more sense to use an image like that one to focus on the "devil" aspect of the title of the website.  I mean "boy-girl-kerberos," isn't really self-explanatory to the uninitiated.  A Devil-Database to me evokes imagery of swarms of demons and I think is more fitting with the content on the whole of the site. 

Maybe there's a way so only registered users on the forums could post comments on the blogs?

That's why I've always found kanji to be pretty confusing context-wise.  I mean how does the kanji for "swamp," and "mountain," mean "a lot," when put together? ...

Then there's the whole Japanese counting system. 

I think the presentation is great but we need to work on the graphic elements a little more.  I'm excited to see how we end up implementing the avatars into the news feed.  I like the style of the banner but I think we can do better with font and with image selection.  I like the anime just as much as the next guy, but it is pretty obscure as far as the franchise goes, besides which it's a little hard to even tell what's really going on with the figures in it anyway.  Kerberos might as well be a lion-ish blob.

I've got a few other banners in the works, but I posted one up in the Graphics thread just to see what everybody thinks. 

How does this strike everyone as a new site banner?

While I'm at it I might as well ask:

Does anyone have a larger scan of this image????:

 

I had to install a plug-in but it took like 2 seconds.

Yup, the black is just an outline.  It looks a lot better than I thought it would.

That's the other thing: there's not much production art floating around for DDS.  Most of the scans I've seen are generally of polygonal models.  It's a pity too since a lot of the 'evil' Asura demon forms are pretty neat looking. 

Jenna Angel might be a good choice though.

Yeah, I think it would be since it would invert the image and put Sarah's atma on the wrong side.  The Devil Summoner one is a pretty big waste of space too.  If you shrink it down it should fit fine.  I was thinking of going with an image of Seraph too actually but s/he's only in DDS2.

I just realized that it has the Digital Devil Saga 2 logo in the corner of the box for that Black Frost toy...  I don't remember him even being in either game...? 

Yup, that's the one I was talking about. 

I cleaned it up a bit.  I noticed that I missed a few spots and I just went ahead and further cropped it.

Thanks.    I need to brush up on my graphic design skills.  I haven't really done anything serious since college.